Wire-cutting attachment for small-arms.



M. HOLM.

WIRE CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR SMALL ARMS. APPLICATION man JAN. a, 1916.

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M. HOLM.

WIRE CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR SMALL ARMS.

APPLTCATION FILED JAN-3. 1916..

Patented MayZ, 1916.

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FIRE-CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR SMALL-ARMS.

, Application filed January 3, 1916. Serial No. 70,031.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MATHAUS HOLM, a citizen of the United Stata, residing in the city and county of SanlFrancisco and State of California,'. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Cutting Attachments for Small-Arms, of which the following is a-specification.

The present invention has for its object the provision of an appliance which may readily be attached to a rifle or other small arm, to enable the holder thereof to easily and quickly cut wires or similar objects, without interfering in any way with the normal use of the arm.

The device is designed primarily for-.use

by soldiers, to enable them to rapidly break down wire barriers and entanglements, and to do away with the necessity of providing each man with a separate wire cutting appliance. By the use of the device embodying the present invention, the soldier is enabled to out such wire barriers without removing either hand from hisgun, which is a feature of considerable advantage, particularly when a charge 'is' being made. Moreover, the device is mounted upon the muzzle end of the arm, so that the user, hav ing the length of said arm between himself and the wire, is not at all apt to become entangled'therein or injured in case said wire is barbed, and by grasping the wooden parts of the stock, he will escape injury. even if the wire be charged with electricity. These and other advantages will be made apparent by the following specification.

In order to comprehend the invention, reference should-be had to the accompanying sheets of drawings, wherein- Figure 1 isa perspective view of the wire cutting attachment applied to a rifle with a bayonet aflixed thereto, showing a wire in position to be cut. Fig. 2 is a detailed view "similar to Fig. 1, showing the wire cut and the position of the projectile immediately after it has actuated the cutting device. Fig. 3, is an enlarged detailed elevation, ShOWiIlg the preferred mannerof mounting the device upon. the bayonet. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 5 is a section on the line of Fig. 3,taken in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is a section on the line y y of Fig. taken in the direction of the arrows.

In the drawings, and referring particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 thereof, the numeral Specification of Letters Patent.

to fit over the end of the barrel 2.

adapted to fit l designates a small arm, which for the is to be understood that small arms of other types may be used. The rifle has-mounted in the usual manner upon its muzzle end a Patented May 2, rare.

bayonet 4, the same-being provided with the customary handled and guard 5 adapted A rectangular shell-7 is over the bayonet blade 4,. and is provided with, a set screw 8 adapted to cure said shell 7 upon said. bayonet blade 4].

seat in a socket 9 1n the side of said bayonet blade 4, tog a The. shell 7 carries two spaced upwardly projecting lugs 10, between which lies 'the. rear end of a finger 11, pivoted upon a pin" longitudinallyabove the..-

12, and disposed bayonet blade 4:.

The blade 4: is

or blade 13 upon its upper-side.

* tion, so that its outer or forward end 11',-

which is upset, is held out of the path of the projectile 17, Fig. 2 of the drawings,

issuing from the barrel 2, and therefore.

does not in any way interfere with the norcut a wire 15, as shown" 2 of the drawings, and de- A spr ng ormed with a cutting edge. An oppo site co'acting blade 14 is carried by the 1111-1 mal use of the arm. The lower part of the shell 7 v is forwardly extended, as shown at 18, to provide support for the bayonet blade 4 under the cutting edge 13 thereof.

When it is desired to use the wire cutting attachment, the back or upper edge of the bayonet blade 4 is placed against the wire 15, and the arm thrust forward to bring said wire between the opposite cutting blades 13 and 14, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The presence of the wire between said blades raises the finger 11, so u I that its outer end 11 lies in the path of the projectile 17. The arm is then discharged, I

and the projectile 17, striking said finger'lll,

forces the same downward towardgthe bElYO-r net 4, and the wire 15 is cut by the opposite blades 13 and 14, as shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings. I deflected by its contact with-the finger 11, and therefore has no other purpose than to actuate the wire cutting mechanism.

The projectile 17 is, of course, a

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is v l. A wirecutting attachment for small arms comprisingcutting 'devices for engaging a wire,and means lying in the path of the discharged projectile of the arm and actuated thereby to operate said cutting de-- vices to out said Wire.

2. Thecombination 'with a small arm' having a bayonet afiixed to the muzzle end thereof, of wire cutting means carried by said bayonet and adaptedto be actuated by the discharged projectile of said arm.

3. The combination with a small arm having a bayonet afiixed to the muzzle end thereof, of wire cutting means removably mounted uponsaid bayonet and adapted to be actuated by the discharged projectile of said arm.

4. The combination with a small arm having a bayonet aflixed to the muzzle end thereof, of cutting devices mounted upon said bayonet and adapted to engage a wire, and means associated therewith and adapted to be actuated by the discharged projectile of the arm to operate said cutting devices to out said wire.

5. The combination with a small arm having a bayonet aflixed to the muzzle end thereof, of cutting devices mounted upon said bayonet and adapted to engage a wire, and means lying in the path of the dis-' charged projectile of the arm and actuated Copies of this patent may be obtained for thereby to operate said cutting devices to cutsaid wire.

6.; The combination with a small arm having a bayonet affixed to the muzzle end thereof, of cutting devices mounted upon said bayonet and adapted to engage a wire,

'means adapted to be inserted into the path of the projectile of the arm to be actuated thereby" to operate said cutting devicesto cut said wire, and means for holding said operating means out of the path of the proectile except when a wire is engaged by said cutting devices; I 7. The combination with a small arm having a bayonet afiixed to the muzzle end thereof, ofa fixed cutting member carried by said bayonet, a tubular shell adapted to surround said bayonet, and a movable cutting member carried by said shell and adapted to be actuated by the discharged projectile of 'the arm to coact with said fixed cutting member tocausethe same to cut a wire interposed therebetween.

-8. The combination with a small arm having a bayonet affixed to the muzzle end thereof, of a fixed cutting member carried by said bayonet, a tubular shell adapted to surround saidbayonet, and a movable cut-' ting member carried by said shell, and means associated therewith and adapted to be infive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

